Aurélien Pradié, groups together with 8 other parliamentarians in the Assembly. “Not registered”, following his departure from the Republicans, the deputy from Lot launched a club open to several sensitivities but with one objective – to rebuild the right – and a method – the tabling of common amendments.
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The decision was a surprise. Above all, it was a real break, in every sense of the word, in the political career of Aurélien Pradié. Since the age of 19, the elected official from Lot has always belonged to a right-wing party, the UMP then Les Républicains (LR).
But since the dissolution and the legislative election that followed, Aurélien Pradié no longer has a party card. He sits among the “non-registered” after his departure from LR. This situation only lasted a few months. Aurélien does not join one of the 11 parliamentary groups in the Assembly but he “groups” with 8 other deputies.
The 9 deputies did not give the name of their club. Their group on the Whatsapp network was called “Vigie Républicaine”, that’s all. These are elective affinities which are at the origin of the “grouping”. But not really belonging to a movement. Aurélien Pradié is “not registered”. But his comrades are attached to different parliamentary groups: Horizons, Liot, Droite Républicaine.
A common denominator unites the members of the “gang”: the social right. For the Lot deputy, the regrouping was natural. “We quite quickly had the idea of creating a space in which we can discuss the tactical issues of the parliamentary groups without the constraint” underlines Aurélien Pradié.
There are precedents. In 2002, Xavier Bertrand founded, within the Assembly, the “compass club”. But Aurélien Pradié and his 8 other comrades will not just talk and exchange. They have a political and even ideological objective: to rebuild the right with a view to 2027 and the next presidential election.
The new club has an operational role: participating in legislative work.
The deputy from Lot finds, after his departure from the Republicans, a common “house”. The foundations are political and friendly proximity. We are not part of a party or a parliamentary group. However, this goes beyond the concept of a simple place of exchange.
Amendments can be tabled and defended jointly. Moreover, Aurélien Pradié and his colleagues have moved from words to action. They co-signed a text on the occasion of a “parliamentary niche” (slot reserved for the opposition) of the National Rally. Agenda: pension reform.
For the moment, 9 signatures appear at the bottom of the only amendment tabled. The club aims to grow and expand. For the Lot MP, this is an approach “without any tactical or personal ambition”.
